"The dream of making a living from the land": Amazon settler women as change agents
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| contents | "The dream of making a living from the land": Amazon settler women as change agents Karin Marita Naase Antropología Life cycle Women Amazon Peasants The purpose of this paper is to determine the role of women in the so called caminhada (march) to a land reform project in the State of Pará, Brazil. When a woman decides to join the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) (Landless Workers' Movement) she may enter into conflict with her social environment. In the light of the changes happening due to her militancy, I want to elucidate the reasons for her involvement, examine female contributions during the settlement process and the changes this process may cause in their lives. The analysis is based upon a fieldwork conducted in a land reform hamlet near the city of Castanhal in northeastern Pará. Three case studies of female militancy are examined. Some of the outcomes of this analysis are that the role of women in this process is prominent because they are its most important support; they are assuming pioneer functions, organizing domestic and public tasks in the settlement and play the role of articulators between the different households. Due to their militancy poor urban and rural women are able to step out of their invisibility, often suffered in Brazilian society, and make an important contribution to the construction of a new life. 2009 artículo científico 1981-8122 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=394034987003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3940 Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas application/pdf Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.4 |
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| spellingShingle | "The dream of making a living from the land": Amazon settler women as change agents Karin Marita Naase Antropología Life cycle Women Amazon Peasants "The dream of making a living from the land": Amazon settler women as change agents Karin Marita Naase Antropología Life cycle Women Amazon Peasants The purpose of this paper is to determine the role of women in the so called caminhada (march) to a land reform project in the State of Pará, Brazil. When a woman decides to join the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) (Landless Workers' Movement) she may enter into conflict with her social environment. In the light of the changes happening due to her militancy, I want to elucidate the reasons for her involvement, examine female contributions during the settlement process and the changes this process may cause in their lives. The analysis is based upon a fieldwork conducted in a land reform hamlet near the city of Castanhal in northeastern Pará. Three case studies of female militancy are examined. Some of the outcomes of this analysis are that the role of women in this process is prominent because they are its most important support; they are assuming pioneer functions, organizing domestic and public tasks in the settlement and play the role of articulators between the different households. Due to their militancy poor urban and rural women are able to step out of their invisibility, often suffered in Brazilian society, and make an important contribution to the construction of a new life. 2009 artículo científico 1981-8122 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=394034987003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3940 Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas application/pdf Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.4 |
| title | "The dream of making a living from the land": Amazon settler women as change agents |
| topic | Antropología Life cycle Women Amazon Peasants |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=394034987003 |